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ALL REFERENCES TO 'SLANG / DIALECTS / Etc.'
- 20's
Slang Jaw like the Darb at
Jake's Joint
- 30's Slang Twists, Slugs and Roscoes: A Glossary of Hardboiled Slang
- 40's Slang Created by Melissa Howe and Kristen
Dahlke Class of 2004
- 50's Slang The Word From The Bird
- 60's Slang Young
people had a different lingo and it, as today, drove our parents nuts
- 70's Slang All the words that were in popular usage during the 70s
- 80's Slang The 1980's had a unique type of slang of it's own
- 90's Slang Words that were in popular usage during the 90s
- Aboriginal English A powerful vehicle for the expression of Aboriginal
identity
- Alternative Dictionaries
International Slang. An Internet collaborative project
- Alternative English Dictionary English slang -
at The Alternative Dictionaries collection.
- Amateur Radio Glossary Jargon, Abbreviations and Terminology
- American/British - British/American Dictionary Can save much embarrassment !
- American
Dialect Homepage Bridge the gap between the different
worlds of dialectology
- American
English Differences between American and British spelling
- American-English/English-American
Translation Guide
- American Slanguages
Plus Foreign Slanguages and Hick-To-Hip Translations
- American vs British Spelling Differences can be difficult to comprehend and
confounding
- Amerispeak Expressions of our
American ancestors
- AncientScripts Visible or tactile
signs used to represent language units in a systematic way
- Aussie Slang What does it all mean?
- Australian
Slang G'day, mate! Learn
these Australian slang words and phrases
- Bad Words Dictionary
Don't you hate it when insulted and don't know what to say?
- Best of British for Americans
An American's guide to speaking 'British'
- Biblomania
Hobson Jobson The Anglo-Indian Dictionary
- Boston
Guide Wicked
good English
- British Car Terms British / American Automotive Translations
- British Slang Dictionary Strikingly different from American usage
- Canadianisms An American's Guide to Canada
- Chat Abbreviations LSHTTARDML
- Cockney Rhyming Slang Examples of usage are included for each word
- College
Slang We got the 411 on the hip talk in
the hallowed halls.
- Colonial Glossary British
Colonial Military Terms and Soldier Slang
- Commonly Used American Slang Slang is informal, often entertaining,
language
- Deafsign.com The
No.1 resource for deafness and sign language
- Deciphering Medspeak To help you translate common
"Medspeak" terms
- Dialect Survey Maps and Results from
Harvard University
- Dialects Wonderful collection - American, British, Colonial, Canadian and
more (+Audio)
- Dialects Estuary English
- Dialects German
- Dialects Scottish
- Dialects Scouse - Liverpudlian English
- Dialects Tibetan
- Dialects Yorkshire
- Dictionaries of Slang
Lex Scripta Desktop Reference Links
- Dictionary
of Antartic Slang Talk to the Penguins?
- Dictionary of English Slang and Colloquialisms A monster online
dictionary
- Dictionary of Chinook Jargon Trade Language of Oregon
- Dictionary
of Military and Associated Terms At Ease
- Dictionary of Mountain Bike Slang
Off-Road Bike Riders Offer a Crash Course
- Dictionary of Old Hobo Slang Compiled from many books on hoboes + original material
- Dictionary of Playground Slang Well over 3,000 terms including
colloquialisms & idioms
- Dictionary
of Street Drug Slang Terms More than 3,000 terms
- Directory of Management Jargon What your boss meant to say
- Double-Tongued Word Wrester A Growing Dictionary of Old and New Words
- Drug Facts Street
Terms: Drugs and the Drug Trade
- Drug Related Street Terms / Slang
Addictions and life page
- Dunbar Join around the world in celebrating the beauty of Paul Laurence Dunbar's
words
- Ebonics Information
Page Center
for Applied Linguistics
- English/Cockney
Rhyming Slang Dictionary Some plain
rhyming slang, other slang words
- Ethnologue Languages of the world and a whole
lot more
- Everyday
English and Slang in Ireland A
grand 3 Shamrock Award-winning site
- Filters Slang Repository Slangin' up a fresh plate o' new words fo' that ass!
- French
Language Course Not specifically Canadien Eh!
- FullDeckisms All hammer, no nail.
- Glasgow Patter From the Eejit Asylum (with fireplace)
- Glossary of Tall Ship Terms Compiled for The Lady Washington Home Page
- Glossary of Yiddish expressions Get to know the 'Borsht' circuit language
- Guide to Internet Lingo and
Emoticons Convey
laughter, disbelief, & other emotions
- Hacker's Dictionary The real stuff
- Ham Speak Know the lingo (click on hamspeak)
- Hieroglyphs A guide and web directory to
Egyptian hieroglyphs
- How
to speak English in Dublin Slang Dictionary/Phrasebook for the unsuspecting traveller
- How
to talk San Franciscan For
anyone wishing to visit or live in The City
- Idiomsite Find out why you say what you say
- International Bibliography of Sign Language It focuses on modern sign language research
- International Dialects of English Archive IDEA
- International Sign Language Links At www.taubenschlag.de
- Jargon File Collection of slang terms used by various
subcultures of computer hackers
- Kreyol The most widely spoken
creole in the world today is Haitian Creole
- Language
Construction Kit Create
artificial languages-- for a fantasy or an alien world
- Language Museum Samples of 1200 languages in the
world
- Language
of the Woods Sample
of terms used by lumbermen during the early years
- Language
Varieties Varieties
of language differing from the standard variety normally used
- Latin Derivatives English Words from Latin. For School, Profession, and Everyday Life
- Latin
Sayings Illiud
Latine dici non potest. (You can't say that in Latin.)
- Management Jargon A collection of the worst phrases used
in the business world today
- Morse Code and Phonetic Alphabets
Plus external related links
- Mr. Smarty Pants Language Facts The decibel was named after
Alexander Graham Bell
- Nautical
Terms Sailors choice
- Newcastle
English "Geordie" The word "Geordie" is said to date from early
18th century
- Online Slang Dictionary
This site depends entirely on your contributions
- Pittsburgh Dictionary
Pittsburghese is what we call it
- Prison Slang New version
- Rap Dictionary Dig?
- Rasta / Patois
Dictionary Jamaican
vacationers need this
- Say Hello to the World At IPL Kidspace
- Seattle Lexicon :
Lingo from the Far Corner Non-Northwesterners should use
these terms
- Sites in Other Languages
From Share
International Foundation
- Speech accent archive Accented speech from many different language backgrounds
- StreetSpeak More real world jargon
- The Captain Speaks Your
talk is saltier than you think
- The Mither Tung on the Wab! An Introduction to Modern Scots
- Trucker
SLANGuage At layover.com
- Trucker's
Slang The Class A
Truckstop
- Truly Canadian Dictionary of Canadian
Spelling From Dave (VE7CNV)
- Twists, Slugs &
Roscoes: A Glossary of Hardboiled Slang
- UK English for the American No longer maintained so contains dated references
to people
- Unofficial
Dictionary for Marines UNABRIDGED !
- Varieties
of English By
Type and by Topic with references
- Vaudeville Slang The world of Vaudeville and Burlesque had a rich lexicon
- Vietnam
Veteran's Terminology and Slang With related links
- Word2Word Exceptional site dedicated to breaking down of language barriers &
more
- Ye Olde English
Sayings Not necessarily based in linguistic
"truth"
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